Window-bead fastener



(No MudeL) E. E. MASTERS & L. J. KIMBALL.

WINDOW BEAJ) FASTB'NER. No. 316,555. Patented Apr. 28,1885.

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EGBERT E. MASTERS AND LAVIRGNE J. KIMBALL, OF SACRAMENTO, ASSIGN. ORS,BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAID MASTERS, AND ELDEN R. BRUSH, OFOAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

.WlNDOW-BE AD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,555, dated April28, 1885.

- Application filed January 25, 1884. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EGBERT E. MASTERS and LAVIRGNE J. KIMBALL, citizensof the United States, residing in the city and county of Sacramento,State of California, have made and invented certain new and usefulImprove ments in Window-Sash-Stop Locks, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention has reference to devices for IO fixing window-sashes intheir frames, and has for its object the production of an improved meansfor securing the sash stops or strips that confine the window-sash inthe frames.

The following description fully explains the i5 manner in which weproceed to construct, make, apply, and use our said improvements, theaccompanying drawings being referred to by figures and letters.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of awindow frame and sashes with our fastenings applied to the stops andlower sash. Fig. 2 shows the locking device for the sash-stops, and Fig.3 gives the parts of the lock in detail.

A 13 represent the parts of a window-frame; C G, the sashes, and D thestops that secure the sashes in the run of the window-frame, the uprightstrips that confine the sash in its frame having the 1ocking-fasteningsH I to se- 0 cure them in place, and to also afford ready separationfrom the frame when the sash is to be taken out. The lock H is formed oftwo partsone, h, being a flat plate with screwholes to fix it in placeupon the front of the 3 5 sash-stop, and a short turn-bolt, h, looselyfixed in a socket in the center to turn freely while confined to theplate. The outer end of the bolt has a flat head, h", for turning it,and to the inner end is fixed a cross-bar, h formed 0 of a thin metalpiece with an incline or wedgelike face on the edge next to the hack ofthe plate h. The other part, h has holes for fastening-screws also, andis slotted for the end of the bolt and its projecting bar h Upon itsback, at the side of the bolt-aperture, is an inclined surface, h, withwhich the edge of the part If is brought in contact after passingthrough the slot and as the bolt is rotated. Such action draws the twoplates toward each other and causes the stop to be firmly pressedagainst the frame and locked in place. The ends of the stop D areprovided with a cap, L, having a short pin, 0%, projecting from the end.A socket for this pin on each stop is provided in the window-frame atthe bottom or sill portion, and in placing the stop this bottomfastening is first inserted into the frame, and the top end is thensprung into place. A

single lock, H, is then sufficient to hold the stop and prevent it fromspringing out. For a long stop, however, two of these locks may be used.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, with the window-frameand sash-stop, of the sockets-in the frame, the caps L on the ends ofthe stops having pins m, and the locks H, consisting of the socketplateh secured to the window-frame, and the bolt h,with wedge-shaped projectionshfladapt ed t-o'take into the socket-plate and secured to thesash-stop, substantially as herein de scribed.

EGBERT E. MASTERS. [n s.]

LAVIRGNE J. KIMBALL. [L. 5.]

